Parade Application

Application and Payment Deadline: June 1, 2018

Now Accepting Parade Applications

The true spirit of competition was responsible for the birth of Redmond Derby Days - now a Redmond tradition for over 75 years! Derby Days is Redmond’s summer festival, inviting residents and visitors to celebrate community pride and enjoy plenty of free interactive activities. The day celebrates Redmond’s past, present, and future with parades, community races and contests, family fun, live music, food, drink, and fireworks.

2018 Theme

Special significance and ability to win a parade award given to groups who showcase our theme each year. The theme of Derby Days 2018 is Redmond Hometown Heroes. You don’t need special powers to be a hero, we celebrate anyone who works to make Redmond a better place as a Hometown Hero!

Fees:

Community/Non-Commercial: No Entry Fee (Includes members of schools, religious and fraternal organizations, service clubs, unions, non-profit organizations, or city personnel.)

Commercial: $300 Entry Fee (Includes firms or organizations in the business of supplying goods or services.)

The following rules and regulations apply to all grand parade applicants:

Due to event schedule timing and staging constraints, there are a limited number of entries (approximately 70 based on an average size of each entry) that will be allowed in the various categories of units. Categories are: Entertainment (Bands, Equestrian, Music, etc.) 25%, Commercial Businesses 22%, Community Groups and Non-Profits 20%, City of Redmond Representatives 20%, Schools 6%, Political 5%, Religious 2%. The Parade Coordinator will make entry decisions generally based on a first-come, first-serve basis, though priority may be given to entries that best represent the theme and purpose of the parade. Nothing in these Rules is intended to restrict speech or the right to lawfully distribute promotional items or literature in areas that are not part of the designated parade route while attending the festival at large.

Applications are accepted and approved on a first come, first served basis, with equal consideration given to special invitations made by the Parade Coordinator. Approved entries will receive written notice.

Children are allowed to walk in the parade but must maintain pace throughout the route.

Your placement in the parade and check-in time will be forwarded to you in a separate letter.

For safety of the parade spectators and participants, no materials may be thrown along the parade route. Candy, gifts, merchandise, literature or other material along the parade route is strictly limited to distribution by entry walkers at the edge of the sidewalk and street along the parade route. Throwing is prohibited by insurance and because it encourages spectators to leave their seats and enter into the path of motorized vehicles, floats, and horses.

ONLY forward movement maneuvers are permitted by marching units. A spacing of fifty (50) feet between each unit will be enforced. All units are required to close the gap between participants at all times.

Parade participants and entry walkers may not mingle with or accost parade route spectators during the parade.

Floats and other units are not allowed if using any kind of discriminatory graphics, photos, text, actions, depictions, attire, etc. based on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, age and sensory, mental or physical handicap; or that are determined unlawful. Parade participants must ensure they conform to the State’s RCW49.60.030 Freedom from Discrimination law and that there is no posting, wearing of or use of items that violate anti-hate crime laws.

City of Redmond elected officials currently in office, and other publicly elected officials will be allowed to participate, in addition to floats and other units identified as political organizations, or candidates for political office.

Alcoholic beverages and illegal drugs are strictly forbidden on any float, in any vehicle or on the person of any participant. Participants consuming alcohol or taking illegal drugs prior to or during the parade or appearing intoxicated or impaired (for any reason, including legal medication) will be removed.

The Derby Days Festival reserves the right to withdraw any unit of which costume or performance does not meet parade rules and regulations, or conform to the standards of reasonable public taste.

Entries that do not appear on parade day without prior notification, or do not comply with the rules and regulations, will jeopardize future invitations to the Grand Parade.

Commercial entries, including any entry sponsored by or displaying commercial signage, will be charged $300 to enter the Grand Parade. This fee is waived for Derby Days Festival Sponsors.

ALL PARADE COORDINATOR DECISIONS REGARDING ENTRIES ARE FINAL.

Equestrian & Animal Entry Requirements

No riders under twelve (12) years of age.

No stallions.

Only one rider per horse.

Each rider (or group) must provide a clean-up unit. Entries without a clean-up unit will not be allowed in the parade.

Any riders or trainers showing inability to control their animal will be deemed unsafe and will be removed from the parade.

See Insurance Requirements below.

Indemnity and Waiver

The APPLICANT shall indemnify and hold the CITY OF REDMOND and its agents, employees and/or officers, harmless from and shall process and defend at its own expense any and all claims, demands, suits, at law or equity, actions, penalties, loss, damages, or costs, of whatsoever kind or nature, brought against the CITY OF REDMOND arising out of, or in connection with, or incident to, the execution of this Agreement and/or APPLICANT’S performance or failure to perform any aspect of this Agreement; provided, however, that if such claims are caused by, or result from, the concurrent negligence of the CITY OF REDMOND, its agents, employees, and/ or officers, this indemnity provisions shall be valid and enforceable only to the extent of the negligence of the APPLICANT; and provided further, that nothing herein shall require the APPLICANT to hold harmless or defend the CITY OF REDMOND, its agents, employees, and/or officers for damages or loss caused by the CITY OF REDMOND’S sole negligence. The APPLICANT expressly agrees that the indemnification provided herein constitutes the contractor’s waiver of immunity under Title 51 R.C.W., for the purposes of this Agreement. This waiver has been mutually negotiated by the parties. The provisions of this section shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

Insurance Requirements

All floats, business-owned or commercial vehicles, and equestrian entries must provide a Certificate of Commercial General Liability Insurance as proof of insurance (required insurance: combined bodily injury and property damage with limits of $1,000,000, on an occurrence basis with participant coverage as primary and non-contributory with the parade activity listed on Certificate page as an included activity). The City of Redmond must be named as Additional Insured, and appropriate Additional Insured Endorsement must be attached or policy pages provided showing the Additional Insured Endorsement has been added to the policy.

All insurance documentation must be received by the Parade Coordinator no later than June 29, 2018. Any entry not providing the required insurance documentation by will not be allowed to participate in the parade.